Postcard from Paris: Jarman on switching allegiances and unlucky Simbine eyes LA and a change of luck

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Jake Jarman is a rising gymnastics star for Team GB - winning his first Olympic medal with a bronze in the men's floor.

He was first to congratulate Carlos Yulo, the Philippines gymnast who won double gold in floor and vault.

Jarman's mother Ana was raised in Cebu and he has previously hinted he'd like to represent them in major competitions, having lived there for two years as a toddler.

"I'm very much on a journey with Great Britain to Los Angeles, I love working with these group of gymnasts," said Jarman.

"But long term, you should never say never."

South Africa sprinter Akani Simbine must be cursing those Olympic Gods.

Simbine clocked a 9.82 second African record but finished fourth in the first Olympic 100m final to see all finalists go under ten seconds.

His record at major global events is something else, since Rio, he has been fifth, fifth, fourth, fourth, fourth, fifth and fourth.

"I am not as disappointed as I have been before, I am focusing on the positives. I made the final and I ran a PB," he said.

"I see myself staying in the sport for a long time, LA28 in sight."

Holly Bradshaw was in tears after exiting the pole vault competition in qualifying with three failures at 4.40m.

Bradshaw won bronze three years ago in Tokyo but has struggled with form and fitness since.

Devastated in what is likely to be her last competition, British team-mate Molly Caudery and others spent several minutes consoling her at the Stade de France.

If the 100m can be a cut-throat ego fest, the spirit of camaraderie in pole vault is something you won't find elsewhere in the track and field programme here.

Olympic debutant Gabriela Moreschi needed one Games match to become a viral sensation.

After the 30-year-old handball goalkeeper saved 47% of the shots she faced in Brazil's 29-18 win against Spain, her followers on social media platform Instagram soared from 25,000 to 325,000 overnight.

"The first time I tried, I couldn't open my phone," she said. "It froze and I couldn't open it for two hours.

"After that I realised what was happening. The number (of followers) kept going up, up, up. I'm very happy because that shows that handball is on everyone's mind. That's what matters most.

"Of course, I'm also happy individually to receive all this affection, it lifts me up a lot. The Brazilian people have surprised me with so much affection and support. But I'm happier for it happening to handball because this sport deserves the visibility it is getting."

The City of Love has long been the place for marriage proposals.

There have been plenty here in recent days but down in Marseille, the venue for sailing, it's been getting silly.

French women's skiff sailors Sarah Steyaert and Charline Picon returned ashore from winning Olympic bronze and their respective partners both got down on one knee.

"Our boyfriends said at the beginning of the project that if we won a medal we would be engaged but mine had said only gold or silver," said Steyaert.

Picon isn't in a rush to shuffle down the aisle - first of all she intends to set off to circumnavigate the globe on a catamaran.

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